Wall cabinet safe



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WALL CABINET SAFE Filed April 15, 1936 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 -l E II:I= [kl/C514;

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Oct. 5, 1937. K. UCHIDA 2,095,160

WALL CABINET SAFE Patented Oct. ,5, 1 937 PATENT 9 m:

2,095,160 WALL CABINET SAFE Kiyoshi Uchida,

Inanomura, Kawabegun, Hyod goken, Japan 7 Application April 15, 1936, Serial No. 74,570

I aclaims. (01.194 59) The present invention relates to a cabinet-safe consisting of a receptacle with a hinged lid which may be secured to a wallor the like by the latter in such a manner that it is in a horizontal posi- 5 tion, when open, but is upright, when closed by swinging it upwards on hinges on its lid. It is provided with a special locking mechanism which is operated by a key in cooperation with a coin.

10 The cabinet-safe according to the invention is a most convenient one of the kind which'is suited to be let out for rent in hotels, cabins on board ship, etc. When used in private, it may serve for a savings box as well.

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Fig. 1 is a sectional front view of the receptacle, when open, taken on the line A-A of Fig. 2.

Fig. 2 is a sectional side elevation of same taken on the line 13-3 of Fig. 1.

- 20 Fig. 3 is a sectional plan'taken on the line C-C of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a sectional elevation taken on the line E-E of Fig. 3 on an enlarged scale.

Fig. 5 is a partial sectional plan taken on the 25 line F--F of Fig. 4.

Fig. 6 is a partial plan of portion of the coin receiver, showing the same pressed forwards by a coin as shown in Fig. 5.

Fig. 7 is a plan showing a position of the re- 30 ceiver, when the same is moved leftwards.

Fig. 8 is an enlarged sectional side elevation taken on the line G-G of Fig. 4.

The receptacle 2 with its hinged lid l is held in position against the Wall by securing said lid 35 by screwsor the like to the latter. The receptacle 2 is divided by the partitions 24 and i2 into three chambers or compartments, namely a key room 3 L-shaped in the front part, a coin room along the left side, and another room 5 for keeping valuables in safety. The key room 3 provided with a locking mechanism, is tightly closed by means of cover plate Ill. In the coin room there is placed a coin box ll corresponding in shape, the top plate of saidmoney bo-x being provided with a key hole, so as to lock the box and to keep it in place against the partition [2.

The room is'furnished with a protector 6, hinged by means of a pair ofpins l and brackets 50 8 to one side of the receptacle. In the cover plate In of the room 3 two holes l3 are cut adapted to receive the lugs l 9 on the lid I, when closed. .Slidably mounted below said holes is a locking piece or bolt M which is operated by thekey I6. 55 When the key l6 inserted into the key hole I5 is turned counter-clockwise, its bit engages with the lug I! on the lower side of the locking piece and causes the latter to movetoward the left. By this movement the catches it formed on the upper side of said piece or bolt l4 are shot into 5 the sockets I9 of the lugs l9 which project into the holes I3, when the receptacle is closed, as illustrated with chain lines in Fig. 2, when the receptacle is locked, as shown by chain lines in Fig. 4. For unlocking, the key is turned clock- 10 wise, when the key-bit meshed with the lug ll" makes the locking piece or bolt M to move towards the right, so that the catches are withdrawn from the sockets l9.

There is provided on thelower side of the locking piece an L-shaped member 20, so arranged .that, when said piece is found in a locked position, as shown by chain lines in Fig. 4, the lower limb of this member is quite clear of the keyhole IE, but, when the same is unlocked, it shuts off the slit of the keyhole, so that in the former case the key may either freely be taken out of the latter or be introduced thereinto, but in the latter case it cannot be withdrawn.

The flexible lefthand portion of the locking piece forms at its end a coin receiver 22 with a hollow groove 2!, and carries a triangular lug 23 which engages with a projection 25 secured to the partition 24, in order to arrest the movement to the left of the locking piece or bolt i4 from its unlocked position. When, however, the left end of said piece is pushed forward, as shown in Fig. 6, the lug and the projection being disengaged, the key rod is free to move to the left. In this case a righthand movement of said key rod or bolt M can be effected, as the lug glides on its inclined plane against the projection without engagement. Thus, without pressing forward the, coin receiver, no locking can be effected, while it is possible to unlock without difiiculty.

The cover plate i0 is further provided with a slot or slit 26, for coins, which communicates through an inclined passage 21 with the front surface of the coin receiver. When'a coin 28 is put in said slit 26 and pressed down against the spring 29 provided at the top of the inclined passage (see Fig. 8), it is arrested by the hollow groove 2| of the coin receiver. On closing the receptacle by swinging it on the lid hinges, the coin is pushed against the press 30 carried by the lid. In other words the press 39 enters through the slit 2%, and the coin takes a position 28. The coin receiver is thus pushed forward, whereby the lug 23 is disengaged from the projection 25. The locking piece or bolt l4 is now moved leftwards by means of the key I6, when the coin is caused to pass through a notch 3| communicating the inclined passage with the coin chute 32 and the coin falls down through the slits 33 and 34 provided on the partition I2 and on one side of the coin box ll respectively into the money box.

It is absolutely necessary to use one piece of coin each time for locking. To open the receptacle, the key is turned clockwise, when it is kept in place and cannot be withdrawn. Thus the trouble of the key being missed, when the safe is not in use, is completely removed.

Now What I claim is:

1. A cabinet-safe comprising a receptacle, a hinged lid thereon adapted to be secured to a wall, a locking mechanism between the lid and the receptacle, said receptacle being provided with a slit for receiving a coin, a presser carried by the lid, a bolt slidably mounted on the receptacle, an L-shaped extension formed on the lower side of said bolt, a key kept in place by said extension when in an unlocked position, means for holding a coin dropped through said slit against said bolt, whereby the presser is adapted to engage the coin and move said bolt when the receptacle is moved to a closed position adjacent the lid.

2. A cabinet-safe comprising a receptacle, a hinged lid adapted to be secured to a wall, a locking mechanism according to claim 1 in Which said bolt has a flexible end formed with a groove for receiving a coin, a fixed projection carried by the receptacle, and a lug on said bolt adapted to engage said projection.

3. A cabinet-safe comprising a receptacle, a hinged lid and a locking mechanism according to claim 1, a coin-chute having a notch communicating with said coin-slit so arranged that a coin is caused to fall into said chute by a leftward movement of said bolt.

KIYOSHI UCHIDA. 

